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Companies in the report are ranked by year over a four year period making it easy to identify which companies are performing well or not so well. The trend in the particular financial measure is also clear from the rankings. All the reported results are brought together so that for example the largest companies in the industry in 2005 are displayed and the growth over the period. The following rankings are included:

Sales	Return On Capital Employed	Fixed Asset Turnover
Gross Profit	Return On Investment	Debtor Turnover
Operating Profit	Current Ratio	Value Added
Pre-tax Profit	Quick Ratio	Sales Per Employee
Shareholders Funds	Debt Ratio	Average Wage
Number Of Employees	Times Interest Earned	Growth in Sales
Gross Margin	Stock Turnover	Growth In Operating Margin
Operating Margin	Credit Given	Growth In Pre-tax Margin
Pre-tax Margin	Credit Taken	Growth In Employees

The rankings make it easy to identify companies which meet particular criteria for example to find a shortlist of potential take-over targets by turnover you would simply turn to the listing of companies ranked by sales. Scanning the listing will allow a criteria such as above £1M turnover but below £20M. This is a very easy way to derive lists of firms of potential interest. The full financial details and analysis of the firms of interest are listed in the company report section with one company per page.